List Of Public Art In Lambeth
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lambeth. __TOC__ Brixton Clapham Kennington Lambeth South Bank Stockwell Streatham Vauxhall Waterloo West Norwood See also * National Covid Memorial Wall * Skylon (Festival of Britain) The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in London, that gave the illusion of 'floating' above the ground, built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain. A popular joke ... References Bibliography * External links * {{Portal bar, Lists, London, Visual arts Lambeth Lambeth Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Lambeth ...
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South Bank Lion (5809599144) (cropped)
The ''South Bank Lion'' is an 1837 sculpture in Central London. Since 1966 it has stood next to London County Hall, County Hall, on the South Bank of the River Thames. It is a significant Cultural depictions of lions, depiction of a lion, along with the four that surround Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square just across the river. The statue is about long and high, and weighs about . It was cast in 1837, the year of Queen Victoria's accession, of Coade stone, one of the earliest types of artificial stone. The material is very resistant to weathering, and the fine details of the lion's modelling still remain clear after decades of exposure to the corrosive effects of London's severe air pollution, the infamous pea soup fog, prior to the passage of the Clean Air Act 1956. The statue was made in separate parts and cramped together on an iron frame. It was formerly known as the Red Lion, as it was painted that colour between 1951 and 1966. History The lion was originally mounted ...
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